Earthquake! Anyone?

[BH]

So who else felt the earthquake at 4:30 am?   We ain't used to that in these here parts.   It was a doooozy.

[Angry Ewok]

So cool.

[Jon T.]

MJ said he felt it.

[BH]

Just got an aftershock about 15 minutes ago.  Wild.

[realdeal]

Just got an aftershock about 15 minutes ago.  Wild.

Yeah, we just felt the aftershock at 11:14 here at work. The bigger one hit at 5:30 this morning in Louisville. Crazy!!

[BH]

Just got an aftershock about 15 minutes ago.  Wild.

Yeah, we just felt the aftershock at 11:14 here at work. The bigger one hit at 5:30 this morning in Louisville. Crazy!!

Is Louisville on East Coast time?  Or do you just not do daylight savings time?

[dragonboy]

We get them all the time & every time we do I shit myself. & then when it's done we always call my wife's folks regardless of what the time is, as a few miles can make all the difference...

Everyone here is 'waiting' for the next Kobe. There's nothing 'cool' about earthquakes IMO  :-/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake

[mjkoehler]

Yeah, I felt it around 4-4:15 am. I kinda was thrown (or maybe I jumped) out of bed and proceeded to have a panic attack.

Yeah felt the after shock. It's not a good thing when you are near the top of an 18 story building that wasn't really designed with earthquakes in mind. I need a fucking smoke and drink really bad right now. Or maybe a good sedative.

Is Louisville on East Coast time?  Or do you just not do daylight savings time?

They are on ET. I think it was only Arizona that isn't observing DST.

[BH]

They are on ET. I think it was only Arizona that isn't observing DST.

Damn, you would have thought I would have figured that out by now. :-/

db, I am sure glad we don't have to deal with this all the time in the midwest.  However, we did have one of the worst US earth quakes of all time in 1812.  Estimated at 8.0!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Earthquake

[dragonboy]

db, I am sure glad we don't have to deal with this all the time in the midwest.  However, we did have one of the worst US earth quakes of all time in 1812.  Estimated at 8.0!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Earthquake

Earthquakes regardless of where they hit, how strong they are & however many fatalities there are, like I said,are a horrible, horrible thing.
I've posted a couple of times in the complaints thread after earthquakes & no one's said a word in response.
& yet here I interrupted a couple of posts here as if people thought it was a 'cool' or 'fun' thing to have experienced? Maybe I was wrong...apologies if I misunderstood those posts.

[BH]

Well, being that it was minor and nobody got hurt, it was kind of cool.  In the same way a minor storm is cool, but a hurricane is not cool.

Mother Nature is bad mother fucker.



i sure could use a vacation from this bull shit three ring circus sideshow.
learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim...

[mjkoehler]

I don't know about anyone else, I know I'm not having fun. I know my BP is through the roof today and I'm twitchy right now.

[Jon T.]

i sure could use a vacation from this bull shit three ring circus sideshow.
learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim...

Ha!  I just threw on a little TOOL during lunch today.

[Kimbos_Evil_Bread]

wow, I live in Boston but I was born and breed in the 'ville.  I got a voicemessage from my mom this morning that was basically, "Hey, it's mom, hope you're good.  Me and your dad miss you.  We had an earthquake this morning, but everyone's okay.  Have fun at work!"

I was like, DO WHAT?!

Hope you all are okay with no damage to your property an' persons.

[dragonboy]

Mother Nature is bad mother fucker.



i sure could use a vacation from this bull shit three ring circus sideshow.
learn to swim, learn to swim, learn to swim...

Yeah you're quite right. Serves us right for all the shit we've given her  :'(

P.S. Cheers Jon, I knew I knew that line but couldn't figure it out for the life of me!.

[Taterbug]

I'm in northern Illinois and it woke me up about 4:30, it was the 1st time felt the earth move, it was very minimal, my cats were going bat shit crazy.

[realdeal]

I don't know about anyone else, I know I'm not having fun. I know my BP is through the roof today and I'm twitchy right now.

Dude, seriously. It lasted 20 seconds and nothing happened.  It wasn't that bad.

[dragonboy]

Mother Nature is bad mother fucker.

I think this is a video of Neil's grandchildren of something:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJp6NEhTiuQ  ;)

[vespachick]

I don't know about anyone else, I know I'm not having fun. I know my BP is through the roof today and I'm twitchy right now.

Dude, seriously. It lasted 20 seconds and nothing happened.  It wasn't that bad.

No, dude, why are you always on the attack?  Earthquakes are wacky and they can be totally destructive on one side of the street while on the other nothing much happens.  YOU may have felt nothing but don't assume somebody elses fear isn't justified.  Earthquakes are nothing to be laissez-fair about.

[dragonboy]

I don't know about anyone else, I know I'm not having fun. I know my BP is through the roof today and I'm twitchy right now.

Dude, seriously. It lasted 20 seconds and nothing happened.  It wasn't that bad.

Shit, 20 seconds is a long time! The last big one we had here lasted that long & killed 5000 + people (& cost about $200 billion)